Re: Copyright question

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:03:25 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Nearly everybody agrees there are problems with the current GFDL.

They all have simple solutions.

> For example, in the CC Mode manual, there is a page "Sample .emacs
> file".  If anyone were to copy this page into her .emacs and modify
> it (which is the whole idea), she would then have to license her
> .emacs under the GFDL before passing it on.

This isn't true.

Please, let's not have yet another is-GFDL-good-or-bad-and-how-to-
replace-it-with-GPL discussion.  This horse is already dead, so let's
not beat it to death again.  I find it hard to believe there are many
people here who are interested; those who are, can easily find past
discussions and save us from yet another useless thread.